Subject: framework change in light of discussion on FE-topology

From: "Yang, Lily L" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:06:13 -0700

Hi, 

In light of the recent discussion on FE-topology, I suggest the following change in framework draft to better clarify the issue.

End of Section 3.2 "Forwarding Elements and Fi reference point"
[old]
        When it is necessary to forward packets between FEs, the CE needs to understand the FE topology.  The FE topology can be queried from the FEs by CEs. 

[new]
        When it is necessary to forward packets between FEs, the CE needs to understand the FE topology.  The FE topology may be queried from the FEs by the CEs via ForCES protocol, but all the FEs are not required to provide that information to the CEs. So the FE topology information may also be gathered by other means outside of the ForCES protocol (like inter-FE topology discovery protocol). 

Does it reflect the consensus in the WG?

Lily